Anecic
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed. not-comparable
"“... (1) anecic species, which feed on fresh litter from the soil surface and pull it deep into the soil in permanent burrows...”"
Example
More examples"“... (1) anecic species, which feed on fresh litter from the soil surface and pull it deep into the soil in permanent burrows...”"
Etymology
From French anécique, coined by Marcel B. Bouché, French earthworm biologist (1971), from Ancient Greek ἀνέχω (anékhō, “to rise up, emerge”).
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